Adirondack Chair - Honey

Purchase includes free access to book updates online and a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Chapters: Ilie Dumitrescu, Ronnie Whelan, Bernd Stange, Jerzy Engel, MomÄ?ilo VukotiÄ?, Gerard Van Der Lem, Yossi Mizrahi, Toni Savevski, Thomas Von Heesen, Gunder Bengtsson, Martti Kuusela, Diethelm Ferner, Alan Dicks, Rolf Fringer, Nenad Starovlah, Panikos Krystallis, Oscar Hold. Excerpt: Alan Dicks (born 29 August 1934) is a retired English footballer and football manager. He managed Bristol City for thirteen years and managed clubs in five countries on three continents. Born in London, he signed for Chelsea at the age of 17, though his playing time in the first team was limited to 35 matches in six years, and he played only one game in Chelsea's 1954-55 championship season. In 1958 he moved to Southend United , and in 1962 joined Coventry City as a player-coach under Jimmy Hill . In 1967 Hill recommended him for the vacant manager's job at Bristol City . He took the job at the age of just 33, and held it for thirteen years. In that time he consolidated City's position in the Second Division , and eventually, in 1976, led them to promotion to the First Division - then English football's top flight. Dicks remained as manager throughout City's four-year stay in Division 1, but relegation and a poor start to the following season saw him leave in October 1980. During the 1980s, Dicks managed clubs in Greece (Ethnikos Piraeus F.C. ) , Cyprus (Apollon Limassol -1984-1985) and Qatar (where he won the championship with Al Rayyan Sports Club ). He managed Fulham Football Club for one season (1990-91) in the early 1990s. The players considered him as being too lax, and in Simon Morgan 's autobiography, Morgan claimed that his brothers went to Craven Cottage during Dicks's reign just to join in the amusing chants of 'Dicks Out'. After leaving Fulham he moved to the United States and subsequently b...